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Proposed Organization And Detailed Table Of Contents - 1990, Wendy J. Gordon May 1990

Proposed Organization And Detailed Table Of Contents - 1990, Wendy J. Gordon

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For many years copyright was a backwater of the law. Perceived as an esoteric and narrow field beset by hypertechnical formalities, the discipline and its practitioners were largely isolated from scholarly and case law developments in other areas. There were exceptions of course. Well before the explosion of intellectual property litigation in the last twenty years, persons such as Zcharia Chaffee Jr. and Judge Learned Hand brought a wealth of learning and a broad perspective to copyright.

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Draft Of New Versus Old Authors - 1990, Wendy J. Gordon May 1990

Draft Of New Versus Old Authors - 1990, Wendy J. Gordon

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Virtually all the issues canvassed above embody the tension that exists in seeking to honor the interests of two generations of creators. For example, the essay has discussed the need for new adaptive artists to have a copyright in their own productions and the dangers that the "subconscious copying rule" poses to new creators, particularly in an age of ubiquitous media.

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Can Ignorance Be Bliss? Imperfect Information As A Positive Influence In Political Insitutions, Michael A. Fitts Apr 1990